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United States Patent | 5,634,945 |
Pernia ,   et al. | June 3, 1997 |
This biological replacement material for soft tissues utilizes hair clipped in advance of the surgery and properly treated to insure that no biological micro-organisms or other contaminants are on the hair. The harvested hair is cut to an appropriate length, whereupon it may be woven, encapsulated or otherwise combined with a physiologically degradable material to form the hair into an anatomically useful structure.
Inventors: | Pernia; Luis R. (350 39th St., Northport, AL 35476); Kaakedjian; Garbis (Av. Andres BE1/0, Sector Las Palmas, Edif Rubi Apt. 10-A, Caracas, VE) |
Appl. No.: | 397853 |
Filed: | March 2, 1995 |
Current U.S. Class: | 623/15.11 |
Intern'l Class: | A61F 002/02 |
Field of Search: | 623/8,11,66,901,15 132/201 446/394 |
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